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NEWS: Jump Sq. Manga Reports on Dragonball Film's Production

Kinda hoping for scanned pics, but it doesn't sound like anything new. I don't get FOX. The series is still popular in Japan, but it's the American market which will determine whether the movie's a success. [Assuming the dollar is still worth something by next year, of course...] So shouldn't they be trying to promote it more here instead of being so secretive about it?

American manga/anime fans are often somewhat jerks about this stuff. They might be first in line to see Ironman, but don't you even talk about live action versions of anime. Look at the overall reaction here to the movie so far. So many people already seem to have made up their minds it's going to reek.

Speed Racer was actually an excellent movie.

I enjoyed Indy-one could tell it wasn made by pros who knew what they were doing & they delivered pretty much what we paid for.

But look how anime fans greeted Speed Racer. At least on forums I saw one side knocking the film & swearing they'd never go see it & on the other side people who went saying they had no expectations & had a real good time.

I remember a lot of flack prior to Transformers. A handful seemed to be drooling over the movie, but look at how many predicted it was going to fail.

I really don't blame Fox for keeping a tight lid on the film.
COnsidering the weak dollar & the popularity of the title around the world, I'm thinking if it can kill at the world box office level & come in cheap enough budget-wise the American take won't matter all that much on whether a sequel is made.

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I remember a lot of flack prior to Transformers. A handful seemed to be drooling over the movie, but look at how many predicted it was going to fail.

It did fail, though. It failed to be a good movie.

It also managed to fail the American educational system at the same time.

World-wide, DB's really only big in Asia.

The Europeans only watch this stuff, if there's no soccer on tv; and everyone else tends to go for more local fare.

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Kinda hoping for scanned pics, but it doesn't sound like anything new. I don't get FOX. The series is still popular in Japan, but it's the American market which will determine whether the movie's a success. [Assuming the dollar is still worth something by next year, of course...] So shouldn't they be trying to promote it more here instead of being so secretive about it?

American manga/anime fans are often somewhat jerks about this stuff. They might be first in line to see Ironman, but don't you even talk about live action versions of anime. Look at the overall reaction here to the movie so far. So many people already seem to have made up their minds it's going to reek.
Speed Racer was actually an excellent movie. I enjoyed Indy-one could tell it wasn made by pros who knew what they were doing & they delivered pretty much what we paid for. Nothing outside of it. It was like going to a restaurant where one know the food is supurb & getting what one expects, but no surprise. That was Indy. I saw Speed Racer after Indy & it was more fun than Indy. I actually teared up at the ending & hated them for manipulating me into that reaction (It's just a stupid movie, damn it. Come on, like Speed would actually not save the day/win/whatever so I knew how it would end, but still...BOTH times I saw it.)
But look how anime fans greeted Speed Racer. At least on forums I saw one side knocking the film & swearing they'd never go see it & on the other side people who went saying they had no expectations & had a real good time.
I remember a lot of flack prior to Transformers. A handful seemed to be drooling over the movie, but look at how many predicted it was going to fail.

I really don't blame Fox for keeping a tight lid on the film.
COnsidering the weak dollar & the popularity of the title around the world, I'm thinking if it can kill at the world box office level & come in cheap enough budget-wise the American take won't matter all that much on whether a sequel is made.

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Speed Racer was actually an excellent movie.

No, it wasn't, but even if you were right, it shouldn't have to be something you have to be familiar with the anime to enjoy.

http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/transformers

If it "failed the American educational system," does that mean the original animated series also "failed the American educational system"? Try watching it again as an adult.

Yeah, it's "only" big in the biggest, most populous continent in the entire world. "Only."

opinions are opinions, just because you post a link of someone that raves that the movie "sucks" doesn't mean you're right.

Either way... I find it rather funny of the assumption that Fox is attempting to KILL DB franchise. The easier thing is not to invest millions of dollars into the movie. It's not going to die because of one friggin movie.

Whether or not I'm right [And I'll be honest enough to say it's my review.] isn't the point. The point is that it didn't give people what they wanted, and that's really why it's "bad".

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http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/transformers

Critics don't make a movie good any more than the box office.

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If it "failed the American educational system," does that mean the original animated series also "failed the American educational system"? Try watching it again as an adult.

I'll admit that the cartoon wasn't rocket science, but it didn't lower my IQ like the movie.

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Yeah, it's "only" big in the biggest, most populous continent in the entire world. "Only."

Asia might be a big continent, but you can't get more than $40-$60 million max gross out of it, unless they really like seeing it more than once. And that's not gonna happen with DB, since Chow Yun Fat is only playing a supporting role.

So it was a financial success, a popular success, and a decent critical success, but it failed...because Gatsu said so.

Please specify what element of the movie is "IQ-lowering" but somehow the cartoon was not equally "IQ-lowering." We can even ignore this cartoon episode if you like

The nice thing is, Dragonball doesn't need more than that to be considered a finanicial success because it isn't operating on a huge budget like other Hollywood action movies.